Director: Mike Leigh Starring: Timothy Spall, Dorothy Atkinson, Marion Bailey, Paul Jesson, Karl Johnson, Ruth Sheen. Written by: Mike Leigh Running Time: 150 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 31st October 2014 Mike Leigh’s biopic of the last part of the life of one of Britain’s greatest artist, J.M.W. Turner, has been lauded with top awards and excellent…
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What We Did On Our Holiday
Directors: Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkins Starring: Rosamund Pike, David Tennant, Billy Connolly, Ben Miller, Amelia Bullmore, Celia Imrie Written by: Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkins Running Time: 95 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 26th September 2014 Fans of the hit TV comedy Outnumbered will probably find a welcoming place here in this charming British…
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
Director: Declan Lowney Starring: Steve Coogan, Colm Meaney, Sean Pertwee, Tim Key, Felicity Montagu, Nigel Lindsay Written by: Peter Baynham, Steve Coogan, Neil Gibbons, Rob Gibbons, Armando Iannucci Running Time: 90 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 7th August 2013 Once upon a time there was a period when British cinema only seemed to produce movie…
Broken
Director: Rufus Norris Starring: Tim Roth, Eloise Laurence, Cillian Murphy, Rory Kinnear, Denis Lawson, Bill Milner Written by: Mark O’Rowe and (novel) Daniel Clay Running Time: 91 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 8th March 2013 Broken is one of those British films that comes out every so often that is so bleak, as you are…
Song For Marion
Director: Paul Andrew Williams Starring: Terence Stamp, Gemma Atherton, Vanessa Redgrave, Christopher Eccleston Written by: Paul Andrew Williams Running Time: 93 mins Cert: PG Release date: 22nd February 2013 I really wanted to like this film. It has a good cast of actors and is from the same man who gave us the disturbing but…
I Give It A Year
Director: Dan Mazar Starring: Rose Byrne, Anna Faris, Ralf Spall, Simon Baker, Minnie Driver, Jason Flemyng, Olivia Colman. Written by: Dan Mazar Running Time: 97 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 8 February 2013 Regular readers will know that the genre I struggle with the most (apart from terrible modern horrors) are romantic comedies. They always…
Quartet
Director: Dustin Hoffman Starring: Maggie Smith, Tom Courtney, Billy Connolly, Pauline Collins, Michael Gambon, Sheridan Smith Written by: Ronald Harwood (based on his play) Running Time: 98 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 1st January 2013 Hollywood star Dustin Hoffman has been at the top of his game as an actor since the sixties when he…
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